Author: Josten Dooley

Why Pemanship matters and you should improve your handwriting

Penmanship matters more than ever now. Whether or not you think what does it matter everything is digital now. How would you look being an adult and having the handwriting of a child. Then if you have a situation where you do not have an electronic device to write you will be shit out of luck.

Which means you will struggle writing and holding a pen correctly. Also someones handwriting can say things about them without speaking. Honestly if I wrote my name and it looked as if I wrote it with my knuckles you’d wonder about me. Then you would question my intelligence and other things about me.

I remember when teachers gave lessons on practicing handwriting. The lessons for homework were in cursive. Writing in cursive is such a relaxing and enjoyable thing. Writing in cursive allows you write faster and develop better control with writing instruments.

Having beautiful penmanship will show in your signature and apply in other areas of your life. One thing that is disappointing is when you see someone who is not capable of signing their name and instead they only know how to print their name. Penmanship matters because it shows someone that you care. Also it shows you have took the time to improve the little things in your life.

 

You should Work till you make it then work more

When you finally achieve the success or goals you have set you will feel there’s no need to work more. This is a typical trait of being a living being. For example if you are a Lion and you get the zebra you’ve been chasing for a meal having just one zebra will only satisfy you for so long. The same thing applies to your life. The people you idolize they kept setting higher goals and achieving them and moving forward.

I learned from Howard Schultz how we cannot get comfortable. When you get comfortable you tend to become lazy. Then that leads to you just living day to day in routine. Which then leads to you ending up some place you did not expect. Which more or less is very easy to do.

You can sit and watch your future pass by or you can get busy and create your future.

Why you should stop using excuses in your life

 

When you being to start using excuses in your life you are not going to be heading in the right direction. Because excuses are just words to shield facts. The facts behind why you did not accomplish or do certain things. At times they are comforting and a relief.

Also taking responsibility for your actions in every aspect of your life. The people you surround yourself will determine a big majority in how your life turns out. If you are around people who make excuses you will start doing the same. The way to get out of that way of life is to stop spending time with those people.

Learn to break the cycle and get out of your comfort zone. This is very hard for some and very difficult for others. When you are presenting a project to a client or class don’t try to argue about everything. Because the work is finished and the excuses do not matter. Whenever you get into an accident or get angry someone the excuses for losing control emotionally does not matter.

What matters is not using excuses and taking responsibility. Once you have mastered this you will start to see changes in your life and career. Excuses will start to seem very childish the more honest you are with yourself.

Why you will not achieve success overnight

The reason is because you are not able to get famous instantly. Anyone whom you see that is all of sudden famous happens because they have been more so been working towards that. Also a lot of people whom you’d say seem to be overnight sensations well that’s what they are just sensations. Then after they tend to fade away.

How many of the people whom came into the spotlight instantly seemed to stay there? Well they may have kept those whom are interested in them more or less. The point is that they did not sustain that.  Maybe that was what they expected to happen in regards to people knowing them and being a fan.

The journey to being what you would call successful is long days, nights of working and working. Then the times of feeling like quitting until you are able to reach your goal. The other thing is having the people around you not support you or try to tell you what they would feel best for you. While your listening you know in your heart that its not for you and you push through it.

While you are working whether its on a startup, a project for a client or producing work to share on your instagram you have to stay Focused. If you are not someone who has a strong mental bearing for the negative people in your life and doubters you may just end up falling into a career or job that you did not want to be doing. Learn to listen to yourself.

You have to discipline yourself to the aspect of the burning of ships and having no retreat aspect. In relation to I’m going to do this no matter what. Do not think that you will not fail while pursuing success, because you will. When you are failing it means that you are working and actually trying.

So remember this develop a strong mental state to deal with negative naysayers, learn from failure and stay focused and work your butt off (Work hard), and stay dedicated.

How you can make today your best day

 

There are many ways that we can do this. You and me both know that if you go full steam getting things done your day will be great. But before even doing that you should be focused and have set goals. Setting daily goals is a very powerful thing. I strongly recommend doing this.

Then you have to be positive. Just like anyone else you will have times when you are thinking negative constantly. Recently I have been more focused on thinking positive and keeping my vision and it has been working. Because we are constantly surround by negative people, complainers and doubters. You know the people who know what you want to do and suggest you take the safe route.

You could be ready to step foot into the career you’ve always wanted and have those people in your ear telling you to take the safe route. Well this is a part of staying focused and positive. Because they will give you their input. But their input is more so in their favor. It is not how you see yourself.

Then being grateful for being alive is important. Just think now  their is someone who would love to be able to do what you do. Someone would love to be able to have internet to read this post. So do your best to start appreciating what you have. These are a few simple tips that will help you make your today your best day.

Recap

  1. Focus more on thinking positive than negative
  2. Listen to yourself
  3. Be grateful

 

Why you learn more from losing

 

Learning from losses is more valuable than learning from successes. Because when you succeed you get blinded and think its going to continue. Another thing is that it puts you in the mindset that your untouchable. Then you get comfortable and you crumble when something does not go how it should.

Well if you take time to learn from those whom have lost lets say a pitch for a client or had a failed startup you would learn more from them than someone who has succeed. Because you will learn what not to do. Also you will learn what you could avoid doing. Losses are a time when you can either fall or stand up and learn from them.

Currently interviewing in the process of securing a full time Graphic design position and I will admit before when I would interview I would think I did not have what it takes. But you know what I learned that I do have what it takes. All of the time before I would get the copy and pasted email saying they had chosen another candidate. You have the confidence in yourself to learn from those rejections and to not curl up in your bed and pout.

Nothing is learned overnight and especially your losses will seem to be constant. You may even hit a point where you think is anything going to go my way? When you hit that point keep going and remember that thinking positive is good. But its more than just thinking positive. You will need to take action while thinking positive. Also keep a diary and set weekly goals to be in the correct mindset.

Weak links

This is a given in any sport or career. The reason I say that is because some people are simply just weak links. They have the confidence at the beginning but they eventually just give up and quit.

You most likely have met or possibly even been friends with people who are weak links. From the very beginning they were not all in. By all in I mean they lacked the passion. The passion to keep going when times got tough.

Everything that I have done in life there have been these types of people. From skateboarding to now design I have met many people whom just gave up and did something else.

This could also be in relation to what Robert Greene said in regards to people getting bored with a profession. Because if you get bored with something how likely are you to keep doing it? You will eventually stop and find something else to do.

The same type of example is when you are in a relationship with someone and everyday becomes routine. You will eventually get tired of it or just deal with it and find what ignited the spark in the beginning.

So therefore as I come to an end with this post do your best to not start anything you are not going to stick with. If you are not going to give it %120 then don’t even waste your time honestly.